tackle
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- noun
- /ˈtækəl/
- US
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placaje
- The referee called a penalty for a late tackle that put the opposing player at risk.
- a hard tackle
- record a tackle
Like I made this move and broke a couple tackles.
- Like I made this move and broke a couple tackles.
- Cristiano, she scores his pass, Zucchini's tackle, Talk about it.
- He actually he actually brought he actually broke his leg on the hip drop tackle.
- If I'm on that damn beam and I fall off and bust my head, who who going to make that tackle?
- OK, Just because like his patience, how he, you know, invades breaking tackles, how he gets he still has that long speed.
Examples
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Blanton was credited with five tackles, tying him for the Vikings' third-highest tackle total Sunday with Jasper Brinkley.
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Oh, lovely tackle by Garver.
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Well, that was your best tackle of the season.
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That is a hard but a fair tackle, Bob.
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I saw a clean tackle, sir.
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Flag football is great, but tackle football is a whole different thing.
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After a very hard but legal tackle, a halfback gets up from the ground.
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Because the tackle was legal, the halfback should recognize the good play made by the defender.
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I got hurt going to make a tackle in a preseason game that I shouldn't have been in.
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Calais Campbell earned NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors for his 10-tackle, two-sack performance against New England.
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Compounds
- Offensive
A humorous British phrase for a man's private parts or the groom's clothes
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tackle (the act) grew from an old idea of 'taking hold' or grabbing someone, so in sport a tackle is the action of seizing and bringing a player to the ground.